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This is my seventh Mars mission simulation at MDRS, but it’s the first mission on which I’ve spent a significant amount of time really exploring various artistic outlets at MDRS, and creative ways to keep stress levels at a minimum. (read full story)

We're now over half way through our 2-week Mars Mission Simulation. The crew continues to get along extremely well, and we're functioning as a cohesive unit. (read full story)

Today was yet another beautiful, sunny day on Mars. The crew is in excellent spirits, and getting along very well together as a team. (read full story)

Melissa Battler celebrates her 100th day on "Mars" at MDRS! (read full story)

Melissa Battler writes about the first few days at MDRS. (read full story)

Melissa Battler writes about her experience at the Mars Desert Research Station in Southern Utah. (read full story)

When astronauts return to the surface of the Moon to explore, one of the most robust systems they will have at their disposal will be a communications relay that places them in direct contact with Mission Control. In a sense, these real-time communications allow Mission Control to be the Astronaut's second brain. (read full story)

Surprise everybody! The CPSX Analogue Mission Team is at it again. We got some unexpected, but clearly welcome, funding from the Faculty of Science to conduct one more analogue deployment this year. As it's gotten rather cold in Labrador over the past couple of months we've come to Arizona this time for a 3 day deployment at Meteor (Barringer) Crater, the best preserved and the first officially recognized impact crater on Earth. (read full story)

As the Principal Investigator for this analogue mission I am very happy to report that we have accomplished our mission! This simulated lunar sample return mission to the Mistastin Lake (Kamestastin) impact structure in Labrador was the third and final mission as part of a 2-year contract with the Canadian Space Agency. Analogue missions are all about preparing for future planetary missions. We can use such missions to learn about the science of a particular site and how it may help us to understand processes on the Moon. (read full story)